Table 1 The genus Dirofilaria

Subgenus Dirofilaria

 D. ailure Ryjikov and Románova, 1961

Procyonidae

China

 D. freitasi Machado de Mendonca, 1949

Bradypodidae

Brazil

 D. immitis (Leidy, 1856)

Canidae, Felidae, Hominidae, and many others

Cosmopolitan

 D. lutrae Orihel, 1965

Mustelidae

USA

 D. spectans Freitas and Lent, 1949

Hominidae (single case), Mustelidae

Brazil

Subgenus Nochtiella

 D. acutiuscula (Molin, 1858)

Canidae, Caviidae, Felidae, Tayassuidae

South America, USA

 D. bonnie Vogel and Vogelsang, 1930

Muridae

Java

 D. cancrivori Eberhard, 1978

Procyonidae

Guyana

 D. corynodes (Linstow, 1899)

Cercopithecidae

Africa, Thailand

 D. genettae Baylis, 1928

Felidae, Viverridae

Nigeria

 D. granulosa (Linstow, 1906)

Felidae

Africa, Asia

 D. incrassata (Molin, 1858)

Bradypodidae, Procyonidae

Brazil and Central America

 D. linstowi Dissanaike, 1972

Cercopithecidae

Sri Lanka

 D. macacae Sandground, 1933

Cercopithecidae

Indochina

 D. macrodemos Eberhard, 1978

Bradypodidae

Guyana, Panama

 D. magnilarvata Price, 1959

Cercopithecidae, Hominidae, Hylobatidae

Malaya

 D. minor Sandground, 1933

Felidae

Vietnam

 D. pagumae Sandground, 1933

Viverridae

Indochina

 D. panamensis Eberhard, 1978

Bradypodidae

Panama

 D. repens Railliet and Henry, 1911

Canidae, Felidae, Hominidae, Viverridae

Europe, Asia, Africa

 D. sachsi Shoho, 1974

Bovidae

East Africa

 D. striata (Molin, 1858)

Canidae, Felidae, Hominidae (single case), Tayassuidae

Brazil, Venezuela, USA

 D. subdermata Mönnig, 1924

Erethizontidae

North America, South Africa

 D. sudanensis (Linstow in Schipley 1902)

Felidae, Hyaenidae

Sudan

 D. tawila Khalil, 1932

Cercopithecidae

Africa

 D. tenuis Chandler, 1942

Hominidae, Procyonidae

North America

 D. ursi Yamaguti, 1941

Felidae, Hominidae, Ursidae

Asia, North America